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With the new Pilot’s Replica Watch Timezoner Chronograph showcased at SIHH 2016, IWC replica watches introduces for the first time a solution that permits the user to set a new time zone, together with the date and 24-hour hand, using just the bezel.

In a single movement, you just push the bezel down by exerting pressure on two opposite sides, turn it to the desired time zone and release. Only then, the lock can be released smoothly and the bezel turn in both directions. When the ring is released, a spring ensures that it returns to its original position. This way, the system protects against inadvertent rotation.

The movement is conveyed synchronously to the hour hand and a smaller red-tipped 24-hour hand that always shows whether it is day or night in the selected time zone. The date display is also synchronized automatically, regardless of whether the replica watches uk sale is advanced or turned back, and whether the 24-hour hand passes midnight.

The polished black rotating bezel brings the names of 24 cities, each representing one of the international time zones. Those countries with summer time are indicated on the rotating bezel by a small “S”. The inscription “UTC” below London shows the current Universal Time Coordinated.

Frequent flyers and pilots will find the system extremely fast and easy to use: no matter how often they change time zones, they can quickly show local time and then revert to home time. Or if you just want to know what time of the day is in a particular town, you simply turn the city in question to the top of the dial and then back. Thanks to the black and red 24-hour hand you can instantly know whether it is night or day.

With its black city ring, dial and Santoni calfskin strap, the Pilot’s Watch Timezoner Chronograph retains the colour coding of the classic IWC replica watches, the white displays providing a highly legible contrast.

The hours and minutes recorded by the chronograph function can be read off on the totalizer at “12 o’clock” as easily as on any analogue timepiece. Stopped times up to 60 seconds are shown by the central stopwatch hand.

The integrated flyback function allows wearers to return the running stopwatch hand to zero and to start another timing sequence immediately.

Engraved into the back of the 45 mm x 16.5 mm stainless-steel case, which is water-resistant to 6 bar, is a depiction of a Junkers Ju 52, the most common civilian aircraft of the 1930s.

The IWC-manufactured self-winding calibre 89760 beats at a frequency 4 Hz (28,800 vph) with a power reserve of 68 hours.

At last year’s SIHH, Audemars Piguet introduced a concept minute repeater – the RD#1 “Acoustic Research” – as part of a series showcasing new technology and materials developed by the brand’s R&D department. The prototype was the result of eight years of research and represented a breakthrough in the acoustic quality and volume of chiming technology. This year the concept has become a reality. The Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept Supersonnerie watches is now performance-ready and commercially available.

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While some minute repeaters need to be held to the ear in order to listen to the melody, the Supersonnerie chime can be heard loud and clear from the bleachers. Audemars Piguet is not exaggerating when it says the chime is 10 times louder than a typical chiming fake watches uk sale. The main innovation lies in the case construction. The chiming mechanism applies the principles of stringed instruments. Gongs are attached to a purpose-built copper-alloy plate that Audemars calls a “sound board” positioned between the movement and the mainplate. Normally the gongs are attached to the plate itself. The principle is akin to the way strings work in an acoustic guitar, stretched over a hollow case that amplifies the sound. Gongs are conventionally attached to the mainplate, which can dampen rather than enhance the chime. The Audemars Piguet system essentially separates the acoustical from the technical, resulting in a cleaner, louder sound, amplified by the space between the plate and the sound board. This is further enhanced by a silent striking regulator built into the movement that blocks any interference noise from the governor, the mechanism that triggers the strike.

Another innovation is the shape of the hammers, which are flexible, so they work like a shock absorber to eliminate secondary noise. The new mechanism also picks up the tempo, eliminating the sound gap between the hours and minutes when there are no quarter hours to strike. The time in between is reduced by 50 percent compared to a conventional repeater, which pauses between hours and minutes when there is no quarter strike.

The case is titanium, and the openworked dial and blackened bridges give the watch a contemporary look compared to the conventional designs of most repeaters. To develop the technology in the Supersonnerie, Audemars Piguet replica watches uk partnered with the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), a Swiss organization dedicated to the study of acoustics.